Conventional fossil fuels are depleting daily due to the growing human population. Previous
research has proved that renewable energy sources, especially solar and wind, can be …

Global solar radiation information is the basis for many solar energy utilizations as well as
for economic and environmental considerations. However, because solar-radiation …

Daily solar radiation is an important variable in many models. In this paper, the accuracy and
performance of three soft computing techniques (ie, adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system …

This paper evaluates the accuracy of Support Vector Machine (SVM), Artificial Neural
Network (ANN) and empirical solar radiation models with different combination of input …

Rural electrification improves the quality of life of rural dwellers having limited or non-access
to electricity through decentralized electricity coverage. Since the price of oil is unstable and …

The lack of modern electricity supply has been a major impediment to proper functioning of
the healthcare centers in the rural areas, contributing to high maternal and child mortality …

Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa (7th most populous in the world) and it is
strategic to the realization of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by …

The perpetual dwindling of fossil fuel and its environmental impacts has become a thing of
great concern as most countries in the world depend on it for energy generation. The …

In this study, four different heuristic regression methods including Kriging, response surface
method (RSM), multivariate adaptive regression (MARS) and M5 model tree (M5Tree) have …

Advance knowledge of solar radiation is highly essential for multiple energy devotions such
as sustainability in energy production and development of solar energy system. The current …